How to Sculpt Cat Fur with Apoxie Sculpt

Sculpting cat fur: Yes, there's now a cat to go with my Goat #3, and I turned on the camera while I sculpted the fur texture on the cat's chest. It's very 'abstract' or 'painterly.' I didn't want to make the fur look realistic because the goat's texture isn't realistic either, and I want them to fit together nicely. So - this is a video showing how I sculpted a texture to indicate a nice ruff of fur on a barn cat's chest.

So - what happened to Goat #2?

I intended to finish Goat #2 the same way I finish my masks, but instead of using the shop towel mache, like I did all the masks in my book, I would use plaster cloth, like I did when I made my Gorilla mask.

Then YouTube sent me a notice that Brick in the Yard had a new video. I watched it (big mistake!) They made a mold out of really stretchy silicone, and after the silicone sets up, you can pull it off the original like a sock - no dividing lines.

Why did that matter? Because I started thinking about making a mold for the goat, which would be totally impractical. The mold itself would cost about 80 bucks. I told myself I wasn't going to do it, but my self didn't listen. I made the goat's details, unintentionally, as if I was going to make a mold. The plaster cloth covered the details because they weren't deep enough, and I tried to compensate by not putting on enough plaster cloth. When the plaster cloth was pulled off the goat, it simply collapsed, and the original sculpt was destroyed.

But I don't mind, because I like this version much better, anyway.

See the Gorilla mask here: https://youtu.be/XBeZDLm26_Y
See the mold-making video here (I do intend to try it, but not now): https://youtu.be/jhIVAEvmTGA
See the Apoxie Sculpt product here: http://amzn.to/2kZHWcv
See my mask book, which includes the instructions that I ignored, here: http://goo.gl/McFp8L

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